The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, says 49 persons have been arrested for alleged involvement in election violence and thuggery in the just concluded elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states.…
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House of Representative Mandates Committee To Investigate DSS Court Invasion
by Damilare Salami December 10, 2019The House of Representatives has mandated its relevant committees to investigate the action of the Department of State Services operatives following the rearrest pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, at…
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Zamfara Killings: Reps Summon IGP, Other Security Agencies
by Damilare Salami November 21, 2019The Nigerian House of Representatives has summoned heads of relevant security agencies, over fresh attacks on some communities in Zamfara State. This was consequent upon a motion brought before it…
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Abolish Payment of Acceptance Fees Now – House of Reps Tells NUC
by Damilare Salami November 21, 2019The House of Representatives has directed the Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission (NUC) to immediately abolish the payment of acceptance fees in tertiary institutions in the country.…
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Stop Military’s ‘Operation Positive Identification’ Now, Reps Members Tell Buhari
by Damilare Salami October 30, 2019The house of representatives has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the planned ‘operation positive identification’ by the military. The call followed a motion introduced during Tuesday’s plenary session…
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The house of representatives committee on finance is asking why the Abuja CCTV project failed despite a $460 million loan taken from China to fund the project. At a budget…
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The leadership of the National Assembly has begun moves to procure “operational vehicles” for federal lawmakers. The Guardian reports that meetings in that regard started among presiding officers in the…
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The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, unanimously passed a resolution to recommit the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill to the Committee of the Whole, for passage. The Nigerian Peace Corps…
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Lawmakers in the House of Representatives have asked the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, to shut…
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I’m Under Huge Pressure To Release Minesterial List – President Buhari
by Damilare Salami July 12, 2019I am very much aware of it (ministerial list) and I am under tremendous pressure on it,” Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said. President Buhari added, “The last cabinet which…